Hand guard

anonymous, 1800 - 1900

Mokko-vormige tsuba met verhoogde rand; aan beide zijden regenvogels in iroe hirazogan boven golven in verhoogd reliëf. Iroe hirazogan is vlak inlegwerk in verschillende kleuren.

  • Artwork typetsuba
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1116
  • Dimensionsheight 6.3 cm x width 5.7 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Hand guard

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1116

  • Description

    Mokko-vormige tsuba met verhoogde rand; aan beide zijden regenvogels in iroe hirazogan boven golven in verhoogd reliëf. Iroe hirazogan is vlak inlegwerk in verschillende kleuren.

Creation

  • Creation

    anonymous, Japan

  • Dating

    1800 - 1900

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Material and technique

  • Dimensions

    height 6.3 cm x width 5.7 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

Documentation

  • V.-F. Weber, Ko-ji Hô-ten : dictionnaire à l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objets d'art japonais et chinois : on y trouvera: l'explication des noms usuels et des noms propres qui se rencontrent dans les ouvrages traitant de l'art et des religions de l'Extrême-Orient ... etc., New York 1975, p. 100-101, dl. I.

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